Training

Training Services

Practitioner certification workshops offer participants a broad perspective of the current adventure facility industry. Ranging from basic skills like PPE, course inspection, knot tying, and belay skills to advanced skills in risk management, facilitation, work at height, and rescue skills, our courses prepare participants entering the industry or looking to further develop and enhance existing skills.

Successful candidates will be able to use the knowledge and skills acquired in these workshops to positively contribute to the overall risk management of a site’s adventure facility. We also offer a full range of recertification workshops for practitioners with current certifications.

We travel across Canada to provide custom designed training workshops that can range from 1-5+ days. Workshops are focused specifically on our client’s staff training needs, program design and the challenge course facilities at their sites. At the end of training workshop, the site will receive a written skill evaluation for each participant.

The Benefits of Custom Design

• A fully customized workshop to meet the needs, timing and budget of your program
• Meets current industry best practice of having a qualified third-party professional training for staff
• Workshops can be scheduled to work within your preferred dates and schedules

Our Custom Workshops Focus On

• Facilitation for team-based courses
• Advanced facilitation
• Technical skills for specific elements
• Universal design facilitation and technical skills
• Accessible design facilitation and technical skills
• Adventure therapy
• Operation of low and high challenge courses, climbing walls and towers, aerial parks and zip line tours
• Work at height and rescue skills
• Operation of accessible and universal adventure facilities
• Operation of Head Rush Technology products

In the Province of Ontario, the Technical Standards Safety Authority (TSSA) requires Zip Lines and Free Fall Descender Devices to be registered as an “Amusement Device.” To see if your device qualifies, please see more information about operating an Amusement Device in Ontario.

A valid Amusement Device Mechanic (ADM) is required for sites operating an amusement device(s) in Ontario. As certified Amusement Device Mechanics, we are able to offer a full range of training services to clients in Ontario to support the operation of their Zip Line or Free Fall Descender Device.

These custom training workshops are designed in consultation with you to ensure your training needs are met, as well as ensuring you are TSSA compliant.

Services

• Required training for staff in TSSA Skills 6.1, 6.2, 6.10, and 6.11
• Skills required for the pre-operational inspection of your amusement device(s)
• Passport, required for the pre-operational inspection of your amusement device(s)
• Operational and rescue procedure training for your amusement device(s)

If you are located outside of Ontario but within Canada, different provinces have regulatory bodies that oversee the operation of some components of Adventure Facilities such as Zip Lines and Free Fall Descender Devices. CUI can work with your organization to offer a fully customizable workshop that prepares your organization to meet any relevant provincial regulations.

*Our training and certification services are accredited by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) and follow the current ACCT/ANSI 03-2019 standards.